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Originally Posted by drylander
The film was called 'On the Beach' and was based on a book I read many moons ago. Never saw the film but I would have liked to. The book was a eye opener to those of us living then. It never seemed to worry the pollies then or now but then they have bunkers to protect them though who they would govern in the aftermath is academic.
The other amusing thing was the thing to do if the sirens sounded while at school ...get away from windows and hide under your desk.....Yep that would save you.......NOT. Bloody moron leaders we had/have.
Pete
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The first movie was done in the 1950s, then another one more recently. It's excellent especially if you want to see what Melbourne looked like back then.
As to the 'duck and cover', it may be worth remembering that they weren't well understood back then. There are many videos of old tests, with people standing waaay too close.
Given that the alternative was "stay in your seats kiddies and hope for the best", it wasn't actually all that bad advice anyway. Maybe increases survival from 0.1% to 0.2%...